Noise in Chinese
noise · HSK 5
响声
- 响 to sound
- 声 sound
楼上传来一阵很大的响声。 A loud noise came from upstairs.
Other ways to say noise
More words with 响 or 声
How do you say noise in Chinese?
Noise in Chinese is 响声 (xiǎng shēng). You can also say 噪声 (zào shēng), 响 (xiǎng).
Which word should I use?
Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.
Where do these words come from?
Our own dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.
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